The Erie Canal

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal
    By Linda Thompson

    Discusses The History And Events That Made The Erie Canal Possible.

  • The Erie Canal
    By Ralph K. Andrist

    Based on first-hand personal accounts direct from the pens of captains and adventurers of the world.

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal
    By Andrew Santella

    Discusses the planning and construction of the Erie Canal which, when completed in 1825, linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal
    By Craig A. Doherty, Katherine M. Doherty

    Discusses the history of this man-made waterway as well as basic engineering, architecture, and mechanical procedures involved in its construction.

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal
    By Martha E. Kendall

    The Erie Canal tells the story of one of America's most ambitious public-works projects. The canal, stretching from New York to Lake Erie, opened up the West in the early...

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal
    By R. Conrad Stein

    Describes the building of the Erie Canal and discusses its impact on the United States.

  • The Erie Canal: Linking the Great Lakes
    The Erie Canal: Linking the Great Lakes
    By Tim McNeese

    In The Erie Canal: Linking the Great Lakes, read how this manmade waterway that extends from Lake Erie in Buffalo, New York, to the Hudson River in Albany helped shape the future of the Empire State.

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal
    By Dr. Hex Kleinmartin

    Completed in 1825, the Erie Canal provided a waterway across New York State, from Lake Erie to the Hudson River. Discover the circumstances and effects of the canal, including its impact on New York City, in The Erie Canal.

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal
    By Jeanne Nagle

    At first considered a "folly," the Erie Canal wound up achieving those lofty goals and more.

  • The Erie Canal: Cruising America's Waterways
    The Erie Canal: Cruising America's Waterways
    By Debbie Daino Stack, Ronald S. Marquisee

    "Focusing on the joys of traveling the canals of New York State and the famous Erie Canal, this accessible guide addresses the practical aspects of navigating canals.

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal
    By Ralph K. Andrist

    The Erie Canal was a preposterous idea. Even President Thomas Jefferson, usually ahead of his time, believed that it could not be built for at least a century, and yet, the Erie Canal came to be just as its planners had thought it would.

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal
    By Martha E. Kendall

    The story of the Erie Canal, which connected Albany, New York, to Buffalo, New York, and was completed in 1825.

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal

    The folk song describing the journey from Albany to Buffalo on the Erie Canal in the 1850's. Includes musical notation.

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal
    By Jeanne Nagle

    At first considered a folly, the Erie Canal wound up achieving those lofty goals and more.

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal
    By Dr. Hex Kleinmartin

    Completed in 1825, the Erie Canal provided a waterway across New York State, from Lake Erie to the Hudson River. Discover the circumstances and effects of the canal, including its impact on New York City, in The Erie Canal.

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal
    By Jeanne Nagle

    At first considered a "folly," the Erie Canal wound up achieving those lofty goals and more.

  • The Erie Canal
    The Erie Canal
    By Peter Spier

    In his intricately detailed and historically accurate illustrations, Spier brings delightful new dimensions to the popular folk song.

  • The Erie Canal

    The folk song describing the journey from Albany to Buffalo on the Erie Canal in the 1850's. Includes musical notation.